GRIDING
Verb
griding
present participle of gride
Anagrams
• dirging, girding, ridging
Source: Wiktionary
GRIDE
Gride, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Grided; p. pr. & vb. n. Griding.] Etym:
[For gird, properly, to strike with a rod. See Yard a measure, and
cf. Grid to strike, sneer.]
Definition: To cut with a grating sound; to cut; to penetrate or pierce
harshly; as, the griding sword. Milton.
That through his thigh the mortal steel did gride. Spenser.
Gride, n.
Definition: A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating.
The gride of hatchets fiercely thrown. On wigwam log, and tree, and
stone. Whittier.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition